On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:37:36 -0800, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Is there any reason why I would not prefer "binary/record" over "ebcdic/blocked"?� The former seems to make much more sense, since that is in fact what I am doing.� Specifying EBCDIC implies a text file, which this is not (even though it does appear to work).
I don't see much difference. Neither handles empty records properly. Where do you read that "Specifying EBCDIC implies a text file?" -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
